REMINDER: Floating balls of Ants are the most dangerous part of Hurricanes

**Plan9** · 09-05-2004, 09:13 PM

Originally posted by OWNED
This thread has stirred a lot of torment and grief in my heart today, it reminds me so much of my precious middle daughter Katie.

Katie and I were picnicing on the shores of the Shenadoah River, just below the Georgia state line, one hot, sunny August afternoon almost three years ago today. We feasted ourselves on cold roasted chicken, macaroni salad, and bread pudding all washed down with cold apple cider, and afterwards, we decided to take a short dip to cool ourselves from the hot Florida Panhandle sun.

Katie saw what she thought was a 12" competition-style Frisbee passing by innocently in the water, and before I had time to warn her she reached out to grab the floating disc only to be instantly swarmed by thousands of vicious fire ants. The ball of death completely consumed her sweet little body in a matter of seconds, and I could only watch helplessly as I watched her skeleton sink into the muddy waters below.

Thanks a lot you bastards for bringing this up today, I thought I had repressed that horrible image of Katie's death forever.

Sounds like she got OWNED.
Nice story though.

**dodint** · 09-05-2004, 09:52 PM

Originally posted by OWNED
This thread has stirred a lot of torment and grief in my heart today, it reminds me so much of my precious middle daughter Katie.

Katie and I were picnicing on the shores of the Shenadoah River, just below the Georgia state line, one hot, sunny August afternoon almost three years ago today. We feasted ourselves on cold roasted chicken, macaroni salad, and bread pudding all washed down with cold apple cider, and afterwards, we decided to take a short dip to cool ourselves from the hot Florida Panhandle sun.

Katie saw what she thought was a 12" competition-style Frisbee passing by innocently in the water, and before I had time to warn her she reached out to grab the floating disc only to be instantly swarmed by thousands of vicious fire ants. The ball of death completely consumed her sweet little body in a matter of seconds, and I could only watch helplessly as I watched her skeleton sink into the muddy waters below.

Thanks a lot you bastards for bringing this up today, I thought I had repressed that horrible image of Katie's death forever.

This thread stirred an interest, and I searched for floating ant balls on Google.

I found this page, with the exact same story as above.
http://www.flyingchair.net/story.php?storyID=1041

Who has the time to lie about stupid shit in a GFY thread?

**block** · 09-05-2004, 10:05 PM

Wow thats fucked up...

**SykkBoy** · 09-05-2004, 10:24 PM

Originally posted by James Greuel

I hate the fuckers and it is weird how they wait until there's a bunch of them on you, and then they all start biting at once.

kinda like Mexicans....

**Dildozer** · 09-05-2004, 11:01 PM

Originally posted by SykkBoy2
kinda like Mexicans....

Same with their food, it's after the 4th burrito things start going wrong

**SpikeHeel** · 09-05-2004, 11:07 PM

i heard that they only come up during summer. do they live underground?

**Plan9** · 09-05-2004, 11:40 PM

Originally posted by Steen2
Omg I'm scared now.

I will never swin in any flood waters again! Actually, I never had. Those ants sure know how to work together though, jeez. So powerful in their groups.

Occasionally ants migrate in the rainforests in South America...imagine a line of millions of ants killing and eating everything in their path

Those little fuckers can cause alot of destruction.

**st0rm** · 09-06-2004, 01:06 AM

Originally posted by Plan9
Occasionally ants migrate in the rainforests in South America...imagine a line of millions of ants killing and eating everything in their path Those little fuckers can cause alot of destruction.

Now theres a good theme for a movie

**bhutocracy** · 09-06-2004, 01:34 AM

Originally posted by dodint
This thread stirred an interest, and I searched for floating ant balls on Google.

I found this page, with the exact same story as above.
http://www.flyingchair.net/story.php?storyID=1041

Who has the time to lie about stupid shit in a GFY thread?

you had to find it somewhere else on the internet to realise it was bullshit?

**com3** · 09-06-2004, 02:34 AM

random fact:

an ant will live underwater for about 2 weeks before it drowns.

**dodint** · 09-06-2004, 08:20 AM

Originally posted by bhutocracy
you had to find it somewhere else on the internet to realise it was bullshit?

No. I knew it was bullshit. I was just looking for more pics of floating ant balls and came across that same story again. It just baffles me that people have this kinda time.

**Joesho** · 09-06-2004, 08:23 AM

Fuck the ants, I want to know about all the snakes, what happened to them? anybody get bitten yet?

**DarkJedi** · 07-10-2005, 11:40 AM

I can sum up the pending Dennis hurricane crisis with one link:

http://fireant.tamu.edu/materials/gr...oto/img42.html

**The Heron** · 07-10-2005, 12:08 PM

I'd be more worried about floating turds!

**Mako** · 07-10-2005, 12:31 PM

And I thought I was the master of useless trivia, the Jeopardy Champion on GFY...nice DarkJedi, never heard that before. Goddamned ants!

**Rob** · 07-10-2005, 12:31 PM

**seeric** · 07-10-2005, 12:33 PM

i've heard this.

not something i am interested in experiencing.

**Rob** · 07-10-2005, 12:34 PM

**Red Ezra** · 07-10-2005, 12:36 PM

what about the floating balls of cottonmouth snakes? I always worried about that when I swam in the river - scary shit and that is very real problem too.

**Napolean** · 07-10-2005, 12:45 PM

floating balls of alligators would be scary too

**Doctor Dre** · 07-10-2005, 12:47 PM

**Furious_Female** · 07-10-2005, 12:56 PM

What the heck? I've never heard of such a thing

Scary

**bllott** · 07-10-2005, 12:59 PM

"If detergent is sprayed on and around the mass of ants, the surface tension of the water is weakened to the point that the entire mass sinks and drowns."

hence carry detergent on you, if you get some on you, put it on yourself and you'll be ok

**Steve** · 07-10-2005, 01:01 PM

I hate those little fucking bastards

**Code_Havoc** · 07-10-2005, 01:11 PM

All you need is the proper pet for your geographical location.

**Red Ezra** · 08-28-2005, 04:08 PM

yep - time for fire ant balls again - ah hell! watch out bitches!

**sonofsam** · 08-28-2005, 04:28 PM

dude that is some scary shit

**jimmyf** · 08-28-2005, 04:56 PM

Originally posted by stevecore

sure it wasn't a big pile of bullshit??

what I was thinking also

**jimmyf** · 08-28-2005, 05:07 PM

Originally posted by Red Ezra

what about the floating balls of cottonmouth snakes? I always worried about that when I swam in the river - scary shit and that is very real problem too.

don't know if they have floating balls of them but cottonmouth snakes are bad ass's one of the most aggressive snakes in the world.

**broke** · 08-28-2005, 05:07 PM

Originally posted by Plan9

Occasionally ants migrate in the rainforests in South America...imagine a line of millions of ants killing and eating everything in their path Those little fuckers can cause alot of destruction.

Originally posted by st0rm

Now theres a good theme for a movie

I just saw a MacGyver rerun with this theme.

**reed_4** · 08-28-2005, 05:51 PM

that is so scary dude.

**demented** · 08-28-2005, 05:55 PM

Ack.. fuck that...

**$5 submissions** · 08-28-2005, 07:23 PM

Fire ants = no joke. Very dangerous!

**blackfeet** · 08-28-2005, 07:31 PM

i saw ants carry off a dead fly yesterday.

**Linkster** · 08-28-2005, 07:35 PM

I would say the biggest danger would be the snakes and alligators coming in from the swamps right outside the city - if the lake really goes over the levee they'll be everywhere
Although Ive never found a cottonmouth to be aggressive - they usually never strike unless you walk on them and the families of them I have on my property usually slither off the other direction when Im out bush-hogging and the alligators just sink their heads below water.

**NoComments** · 08-28-2005, 07:37 PM

shit, I thought you meant Anthony's balls...

**DarkJedi** · 08-28-2005, 09:23 PM

Originally posted by $5 submissions

Fire ants = no joke. Very dangerous!

[img]New Orleans in in danger

**fulyngu** · 08-28-2005, 11:03 PM

This thread caught my eye because I noticed several clusters of live ants in my pool a few nights ago. It was freaky... Then I put 2 and 2 together... "Ah! Protein"
(I don't think I will be having any more sex parties in my pool for a while ;-)

**Meorazhar** · 08-28-2005, 11:25 PM

Shit, this is way too scary.. Great that we don't have those little bastards here

**pimpin** · 08-28-2005, 11:37 PM

red ant balls and red ant mounds
i love ant porn!

**Red Ezra** · 08-29-2005, 12:22 AM

Originally posted by fulyngu

This thread caught my eye because I noticed several clusters of live ants in my pool a few nights ago. It was freaky... Then I put 2 and 2 together... "Ah! Protein"
(I don't think I will be having any more sex parties in my pool for a while ;-)

oh dude - that's gross and funny at the same time

**gecko** · 08-29-2005, 02:09 AM

Originally posted by SmokeyTheBear

here is what a floating red ant ball looks like..

What a scary sight.

**reynold** · 08-29-2005, 02:09 AM

has any body seen the movie ants in the pants? that was a very funny movie.

**Iron Mike** · 08-29-2005, 02:28 AM

**thaifan99** · 08-29-2005, 02:30 AM

Oh bollocks.............. i wont eat ants in Thailand again.......honest lord buddha!!

REMINDER: Floating balls of Ants are the most dangerous part of Hurricanes

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